effect of aerobic exercise with blood flow restriction on mitochondrial dynamics proteins of human skeletal muscles

Background aerobic exercise with blood flow restriction (bfr) plays an important role in skeletal muscleadaptation; however, the effects of this type of exercise on mitochondrial dynamics proteins are unclear.objective the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of aerobic exercise with and without bfron mitochondrial dynamics proteins of human skeletal muscles.methods participants were 5 young men (mean age, 33.4±2.30 years; mean weight, 79.64±10.49 kg;bmi, 26.24±2.27 kg/m^2). they performed aerobic exercise with bfr (ae+bfr) and without bfr (ae) intwo separate days at five 2-min sessions and 1 min rest between the sessions. western blot methodwas used to measure the protein levels of mitofusin 2 (mfn2) and dynamin-related protein 1 (drp1)in skeletal muscles.findings ae+bfr (1.02±0.05 vs. 0.77±0.03) and ae (0.65±0.08 vs 0.57±0.03) significantly increased themean mfn2 protein level compared to the pre-test mean values (p<0.05). ae+bfr (3.54±0.46 and5.01±0.66) and ae (3.38±0.38 vs. 2.82±0.59) also significantly reduced the mean drp1 level (p<0.05).moreover, ae+bfr had greater significant effect on the mean levels of mfn2 (0.24±0.01 vs. 0.08±0.04)and drp1 (-1.46±0.22 vs. -0.33±0.12) compared to ae (p<0.05).conclusion it seems that aerobic exercise with bfr is a strong stimulant for the improvement of skeletalmuscle mitochondrial dynamics.